This group of actors, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, came to North County High School and performed a play called “Secrets,” which is meant to educate students about HIV and AIDS.
North County was fortunate enough to have a group of actors, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, show up last month to not only entertain, but to educate students on HIV and AIDS. The play entitled, 'Secrets' premiered in 1988 and has been seen by over 1.6 million high school students since.
The goal of the play is to heighten the awareness of HIV/AIDS to students and is shown through drama, music and laughter.
Why did they choose high school students? More and more teenagers are being diagnosed with this fatal disease each year. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 40,000 to 80,000 new cases of HIV are reported each year in the US, and nearly half are citizens under the age of 25. It is also estimated that an average of two young people are infected with HIV every hour of the day.
Some may be oblivious to the fact that today's youth should be concerned about such a serious topic, but the reality is that in 2005, 6,726 children under the age of 13 were living with AIDS.
AIDS is a fatal disease that has no proven derivation and no cure. Millions of people a day live with and die from it each and every day. If you think you are at risk, contact your local clinic and get tested today! For more information you can go to www.cdc.gov.
Congratulations to the winners of the GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights' short story and poem contest. All three winners came from the first semester creative writing class.
First place winner was Mandy Odachowski. Second and third place went to Heather Richards and Nakita Lopp, respectively.
A special awards ceremony, for the winners and their families, was held on April 1st at the woman's club house in Linthicum.
Media specialist Anne Lynch has been selling water bottles out of the media center in order to raise money for PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies).
PBIS is an important program in our school that rewards the good behavior of students. Since the fall of 2006, Mrs. Lynch has managed to raise over $4,000 from selling water. This year alone she expects to make approximately $3,500.
All of the money raised is put towards events to reward students for their good behavior.
Events like the honor roll breakfast, student of the month, special drawings in the cafeteria, and perfect attendance socials are sponsored by PBIS.
Mrs. Lynch said, 'It makes me feel like apart of the North County family to help out with such a good program.'
Last month, the junior class participated in mock interviews to help prepare students for real job interviews in the future.
Students had to dress in business attire, such as dress pants or skirts with a dress shirt for girls and dress pants with a button down dress shirt for boys.
Students were interviewed by representatives from companies including Wachovia, Johns Hopkins Healthcare, Bob Bell Ford, and government employees, including delegates, senators, Board of Education members and employees, Annapolis Professional Services, AA County Volunteer Office, Linthicum Women's Club, US Postal Service and more.
Most interviewers were there to help rate the students on their interviewing skills, but some were there to hire students for work.
There were around 523 students scheduled to attend the mock interviews.
A job fair was also held for juniors and seniors in order for students to get employed at varying businesses.
The students were to dress in business attire and bring their resumes with them to interview with representatives of different businesses.
These businesses were looking to hire young students who are searching for a part time job.
This was set up at the school to be convenient for the students and the businesses to meet and possibly for the businesses to hire the students.
These are some of the great opportunities to start students off in the working world with some help from the school.
By KATIE O'DONNELL and SARAH LAWRENCE, North County High School
Last month, two North County Highs School classes got to go to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It was a great time of reflection and remembrance, and wonderful opportunity.
It made us feel like we were actually there during the Holocaust. The emotion, silence and visual experiences were extremely overwhelming. As we walked through the tragedy it made us feel like we wanted to cry, yet didn't want to make a noise and ruin the quiet. It was a real wake-up call to how devastating this event was.
One exhibit they have is all of the shoes found at the campsites from the prisoners. There were piles and piles of shoes going all the way down the wall.
It really helps to give visitors a general idea of how many people were affected by this tragedy.
In one hall, the walls were lined with pictures of families all the way from ceiling to floor.
These pictures were of the people who had been taken to the campsites and died during the Holocaust from only one city out of thousands destroyed. Looking at the children's photos and how young they were was so shocking.
We could not believe how painful that must have been for the families.
The amount of people who died and the fact that you were able to hear some of their stories made us feel horrible but awesome at the same time because we were able to learn from someone who was actually there.
Plus, the way the museum set up each exhibit was amazing; we encourage everyone to go to this museum at least once, because this part of history should never be repeated.
MTV exposes viewers to the world of high school journalism as it launches its new reality series, 'The Paper.'
This is no 'The Real World,' 'Laguna Beach' or 'The Hills.' The show will be produced by the network's news and documentary unit, and it will not focus intently on the personal issues of these kids, but rather the ambition and brains of these high-schoolers as they work together to create The Circuit.
Set in Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Fla., the show revolves around the award-winning newspaper The Circuit and its competitive student staff members who strive to create the best paper they possibly can.
'The Paper' follows the students as they struggle to maintain good grades, manage extracurricular activities and battle it out to see who has what it takes to produce news that's fit to print.
For the staff's soon-to-be seniors, the competition jumped to a different level when they fought for the role of editor-in-chief.
There were seven staff members that were hoping to score the top slot. Former copy editor Amanda was awarded the role, and the 50 member staff wasn't too pleased.
Watch the drama unfold every Monday night as these students put aside their friendship and go to the extreme to create an award-winning paper.
